Nabi, My Stepdarling (2021)

Un bon lakorn (grâce au CL) si on aime le mélo

Drama qui aurait dû être plus court (16-18 épisodes au lieu de 22) mais les réalisateurs thaï aiment délayer...

Le contexte est inhabituel : un bar à hôtesses gigantesque (mais les clients sont presque tous bons-enfants ;) :)
Donc le climat est plutôt gris, avec agresseurs sexuels, gangsters, etc.
L'histoire est "presque" réaliste : la FL manager de la boite, enquête sur la disparition de sa sœur +/- liée à la mort de la mère du ML. Le CL est explosif, avec des moments très cute, mais le personnage principal de la série est la tante, dont la personnalité n'est pas vraiment cohérente.

Remarques :
- A quoi sert la police en Thaïlande ?? Les héros vont toujours se frotter seuls, sans arme, dans de coins louches, à des gangsters.
- les filles qui se font agresser n'essaient même pas de se défendre, elles ne savent que crier ?
- pourquoi dans les dramas, les evil characters sont intelligents, rusés, découvrent facilement de secrets et indices super bien cachés, alors que les gentils (pas toujours très futés) pataugent ?
- la séquence "pardon/empathie" de la FL à la fin, n'est pas du tout crédible. Je sais que c'est un must dans les séries asiatiques, mais ....

Les acteurs sont très bons, ce qui nous tient accrochés jusqu'à la fin.
Parce que la réalisation est too much : longs arrêts sur les regards, scènes inutiles, OST omniprésentes et perturbantes.

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Very draggy

"Nabi" is my first lakorn. The first few episodes start off well. My only complaint in the beginning was the ML constantly grabbing the FL and dragging her everywhere. A few times would be okay, but I could've started a drinking game with the amount of times he did it. Towards the middle, the show quickly became draggy. The cause, I think, is likely the writing. They obviously had to stretch a simple storyline to 22 episodes and it was tiring at times. I didn't help that what happened to Nabi's sister and Kawin's mother was revealed so early on...

So why did I stick around? Two reasons, really. Fah and Joss had great chemistry and I genuinely like the cast. They were all doing the best with the script they were given. Nat, especially, was able to carry most of the show. Unfortunately, she wasn't able to carry it through that terrible ending. I mean, are you kidding me? Half the characters took stupid pills towards the end and you cannot change my mind on that.

To improve "Nabi," I think the writers should've incorporated more flashback scenes. I really enjoyed the ones they did show and thought it added more depth to the characters. Nabi and Kawin's were particularly touching. Also, more time should've been given to Luke and Jan's characters who ended up being glorified extras. I guess that also goes for Wa and Sirin, who were basically forgotten, despite them being the mystery of the show.

I was entertained for the most part but I was not satisfied with the ending. I will likely never watch "Nabi" again, though I look forward to the cast's other projects.

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